China reports 127 new confirmed COVID-19 cases
Beijing, Jul 31 (PTI) China has reported 127 new confirmed coronavirus cases, crossing the hundred-mark for the third consecutive day as the infections continued to surge in Uyghur Muslim-majority Xinjiang province. China’s National Health Commission (NHC) said on Friday that among the fresh 127 cases reported on Thursday, 123 were domestically transmitted. This is the […]
UK scientists to immunize hundreds with coronavirus vaccine
London, Jul 31 (AP) Scientists at Imperial College London say they are immunizing hundreds of people with an experimental coronavirus vaccine in an early trial after seeing no worrying safety problems in a small number vaccinated so far. Dr Robin Shattock, a professor at the college, told The Associated Press that he and colleagues had […]
Covid-19: Seven more fatalities reported, JK toll reaches 373
Srinagar, July 31: Seven more deaths were reported in Jammu and Kashmir due to COVID-19 since last evening, taking the toll to 373, officials said on Friday. Four of the victims were from Srinagar, two from Pulwama while one, a 56-year-old, was from Jammu’s Shakti Nagar. Regarding two Pulwama casualties, they said, one was a […]
First-ever EU cyber sanctions hit Russian, Chinese, N Koreans
Brussels, Jul 31 (AP) The European Union has imposed its first-ever sanctions over cyberattacks, slapping them on alleged Russian military agents, Chinese cyber spies and organisations including a North Korean firm. The six people and three groups hit with sanctions include Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency. EU headquarters blamed them in a statement for the […]
Thinking differently
The Covid pandemic has turned the world upside down for us. Every sector has been badly hit and the advent of the deadly disease has meant that we have to think of moving ahead with a totally different mindset. Take for an example the education sector. The sector has been one of the most affected […]
Govt revises home quarantine guidelines for asymptomatic positive patients
SRINAGAR, JULY 30: In an important modification in the protocol for positives of Covid- 19 infection and their contacts, Jammu and Kashmir Government today revised home isolation guidelines to permit such patients for home quarantine who are asymptomatic with no comorbidity and are not vulnerable otherwise. An order issued by Health & Medical Education Department […]
COVID-19: JK witnesses spurt in deaths as 11 more die in 24 hrs, toll touches 363
Srinagar, July 30: Eleven more persons including a CRPF man died of COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday taking the number of people who died due to the virus in the UT to 363. Officials said that the Eleven patients who died include a 75-year-old woman from Shivpora Srinagar, a 72-year-old man from Batamallo Srinagar, […]
Jammu to have Wi-Fi hotspots, vertical gardens Jammu, Jul 30 (PTI) Wi-Fi hotspots, vertical gardens and way finding signages will soon come up in Jammu as part of the measures to make it a smart city, officials said on Thursday. They said Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor G C Murmu has laid the e-foundation of […]
Militants target Army vehicle in Pulwama, no casualties
Srinagar, July 30 (PTI) Militants on Thursday opened fire at an Army vehicle in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said There was no loss of life in the attack. The ultras opened fire on the vehicle of the Army at Drubgam Payeen in Pulwama and fled from the spot, a police official said. […]